diff -r 93b982ccede2 -r 5daf16870df6 tools/shared/fontpanel/fontpanel.cpp
--- a/tools/shared/fontpanel/fontpanel.cpp	Mon Jun 21 22:38:13 2010 +0100
+++ b/tools/shared/fontpanel/fontpanel.cpp	Thu Jul 22 16:41:55 2010 +0100
@@ -96,8 +96,12 @@
     const QString family = rc.family();
     rc.setPointSize(pointSize());
     const QString styleDescription = styleString();
-    rc.setItalic(m_fontDatabase.italic(family, styleDescription));
-
+    if (styleDescription.contains(QLatin1String("Italic")))
+        rc.setStyle(QFont::StyleItalic);
+    else if (styleDescription.contains(QLatin1String("Oblique")))
+        rc.setStyle(QFont::StyleOblique);
+    else
+        rc.setStyle(QFont::StyleNormal);
     rc.setBold(m_fontDatabase.bold(family, styleDescription));
 
     // Weight < 0 asserts...